Chocolate Financier
A french mini-cake
Servings: 12 financiers
Cost: $2
Ingredients
- 2 egg whites
- 3/4 cup powder sugar, sifted
- 1/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour, sifted
- 1/2 cup grounded almond
- 3 Tbsp cocoa powder, sifted
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp almond extract
Instructions
- Grease a financier pan and preheat the oven to 350ºF.
- In a large bowl, whisk the egg whites until foamy. Then whisk in the powdered sugar.
- In another bowl, combine the flour, almonds, and cocoa powder.
- Add the flour mixture into the egg mixture and stir.
- Add the vanilla and almond extract to the butter and combine well.
- Mix the butter mixture into the flour-egg batter.
- Divide the batter in the molds.
- Bake for 10 minutes, until springy when touched.
- Cool on a wire rack.